UN Youth Outreach Aims to Prevent Radicalization

There are 1.8 billion people between the ages of 10 and 24 on the planet, more than ever before. Most live in developing countries. Many are poor, uneducated and unemployed, putting them at risk of recruitment into militias and terrorist groups like the Islamic State. “We all recognize today that young people are more vulnerable to the recruitment of these radical groups, and we have to change our approach by engaging young people as partners in fighting violent extremism," said...

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